Raphael Lehrer, in only his second year at WBC, dominated the
Euros competitions and claimed Caesar by topping all players with
170 Laurels in the 2007 season. Tying for second were Stefan Mecay
and past Caesar James Pei with 150 Laurels.

Raphael had 34 Laurels
coming into WBC from his play at Euro Quest, but trailed favorite
Chris Byrd by a wide margin as Chris had banked 102 Laurels at
mini-cons and email tournaments during the year prior to WBC.
But Raphael had a great week, winning three events outright and
placing in three more to handily win the Consul Award also for
most Laurels at WBC.

Rounding out the top six BPA competitors
for 2007 were Chris Byrd, Harald Henning and Ken Gutermuth in
that order. Only six of last year's Top 25 players managed to
repeat in 2007, led by Mecay who rose from tenth to second. Byrd,
Bruce Reiff, Ken Gutermuth, Tom Browne and Keith Wixson all managed
to retain Top 25 status another year also while 19 new faces graced
the leader board.

Once you strip away the points for email tournaments, mini-cons,
and Pre-Cons you get a clearer picture of who was king of the
roost for those six days in August. No Consul was awarded in 2007 because Raphael Lehrer swept both the six days
of WBC and the tournaments during the rest of the year. Raphael had a 12-laurel edge over Bert Schoose
as Euros edged grognard wargames as the genre of choice for those
contemplating high Laurel totals. This is especially noteworthy
because at various times there have been whines from both those
camps that the Laurels odds are stacked against them. Not long
ago we had a sportsgamer claim Consul. So what genre is it now
that has no chance?